"The same things that lead to disparities in health in this country on a day-to-day basis led to disparities in the impact of Hurricane Katrina"
- David Satcher
About this Quote
This quote by David Satcher talks with the systemic inequalities that exist in the United States. He is claiming that the very same aspects that result in disparities in health on a daily basis, such as hardship, racism, and also absence of access to health care, also resulted in disparities in the impact of Hurricane Katrina. This means that those that were currently disadvantaged were more likely to suffer one of the most from the typhoon. This is since they were more likely to live in areas that were even more at risk to flooding, and they were less likely to have the sources to evacuate or rebuild after the tornado. This quote highlights the demand for systemic modification in order to address the underlying issues that bring about differences in health as well as other locations.
This quote is written / told by David Satcher somewhere between March 2, 1941 and today. He was a famous Politician from USA.
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